Hunt races against time to make weight at UFC FN 52. Photo: Disclosure/UFC
Mark Hunt could make history this Friday (19), weigh-in day for UFC Fight Night 52, in Saitama, Japan. The New Zealander, who will face Roy Nelson In the main fight of the event, he races against time to avoid becoming the first athlete in UFC history to fail to reach the heavyweight division's weight limit. The information comes from veteran journalist Kevin Iole, from the North American website “Yahoo Sports”.
According to the report, Hunt was weighing 128 kg in the early hours of Friday according to Japan time, with the limit for the heavyweight category being 120,2 kg, already counting the pound (0,45 kg) tolerance given to weights. fights that are not valid for the belt.
Even though he is above the category limit, Hunt has already lost a lot of weight since the beginning of his fight training. Also according to “Yahoo Sports”, the K-1 champion in 2001 weighed an incredible 154 kg at the beginning of his career. camp.
If Hunt does not weigh 120,2 kg, Nelson will need to accept that the fight will take place in a special category. If he accepts, the North American would receive 20% of the scholarship that will be paid to the New Zealander. The weigh-in for the event will take place at 4am on Friday, according to Brasília time.
At 40, Mark Hunt has a professional record of nine wins, eight losses and one draw. The New Zealander, currently in sixth place in the UFC heavyweight rankings, comes from a draw with Antonio Pezão in December last year, in Australia.
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